Where does “ocel” come from?

ocel (Romanian) comes from French ocellé, from Latin ocellus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic okʷelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ocel (Romanian): ocellus

Definitions

  1. ocellus

Ancestry of “ocel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchocelléocellated
2Latinocelluslittle eye; darling
3LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
4Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic okʷelos →